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How Phoenix Theatre Company plans to welcome audiences back with live, indoor shows

The stage lights are getting set to come back on at The Phoenix Theatre Company.

The company plans to return to live, indoor and in-person shows beginning this summer.

“We are unbelievably grateful to welcome back audiences to our home,” Michael Barnard, producing artistic director said in a press release.

“Our stages may have been darkened, but our spirits are undimmed. Over the last year, we’ve faced creative and financial challenges and what’s lifted us up is our community. Now I am beyond...

Phoenix theaters' outdoor stages are set to open

Instead of opening their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix theaters are taking their stages outside.

Phoenix Theatre Company has built an outdoor stage with an audience capacity of 250, compared to the indoor main stage's 400 seats. Guests will be seated in pairs and distanced 6 feet apart in all directions.

“Our core business is based on large group gatherings, so what do you do when you can't do that? We explored online opportunities and that is just not the way that we shine the m...

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